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Trump signs executive order on proposed business to put tictoc in the hands of their allies
Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday with a proposed business for an American version of Tiktok that would put control in his hands of his allies.
Washington DC – Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order with a proposed deal for an American version of Tiktok It would see Chinese ownership reduced to 20% and put control in the hands of the president’s allies.
President Donald Trump shows a signed executive order for an agreement that would dispose of Tiktok’s US operations from its Chinese change of ownership on September 25, 2025. © Reutants
At a signing ceremony in the White House, Trump said the US version of the app would be driven by “very sophisticated” investor Including Larry Ellison, the founder of Cloud Giant Oracle, Tech Investor Michael Dell and Media Tycoon Rupert Murdoch.
The investment company Silver Lake Management and Silicon Valley Powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz are also believed to be part of the deal.
“The proposed divestments would enable the millions of Americans who enjoy TikTok every day to continue using it and at the same time protect national security,” pronounced Trump in order, which affects Tiktok’s approximately 170 million US users.
The aforementioned investors are all Trump -allied, but he insisted that the app would not toe any political line.
“If I could do it 100% mom I would do it, but it will not train that way unfortunately. No … every group, every philosophy, every policy, will be treated very fairly,” Trump told reporters.
The President confirmed that the US version of Tiktok would contain a home -grown model of the app’s Estimated algorithmOften described as Tiktok’s “secret sauce” which helped it grow into one of the world’s most popular platforms in just a few years.
An official in the White House said on Monday that the algorithm would be “continuously monitored” to ensure that it “is not unnecessarily affected.”
Trump repeatedly delay the enforcement of the Tictok ban
Deputy President JD Vance (r.) Speaks next to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent after Donald Trump signed an executive order for a deal that would dispose of Tiktok’s US operations from Bytadance on September 25, 2025. © Reutants
The new set for TikTok is in response to a law that was adopted under Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden, who has forced its Chinese owner of selling its US operations or meeting a ban in its largest market.
American decision makers, including Trump in his first presidency, have warned that China could use Tiktok to mine data from Americans or exert influence through its most modern algorithm.
Trump has repeatedly delayed enforcement Through successive executive orders, which last extended the deadline until December 16, 2025.
Thursday’s order extended that deadline further and granted a 120-day delay in completing the transaction by 23 January.
Deputy President JD Vance, the one -off event capitalist who led the team to find a solution for TikTok, said that the US unit would be valued at about $ 14 billion, although he added that it would ultimately be up to investors to find out its price.
On the question of the Chinese authorities had signed the agreement, Trump said President Xi Jinping gave his green light In a phone call last week.
“(I have) great respect for President XI, and I very much appreciate that he approved the deal, because in order to have it done properly, we really needed support from China,” he said.
Tiktok did not answer a question seeking comment and confirmation, and Beijing has largely remained silent at any business.
Following the Trump-XI call, state broadcasters CCTV said XI emphasized to its US counterpart that China supports market-based negotiations that correspond to Chinese laws.
